Quiz on the History and Modern Usage of the English Language

Quiz on the History and Modern Usage of the English Language

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Quiz on the History and Modern Usage of the English Language

Quiz on the History and Modern Usage of the English Language

Assessment

Quiz

English

University

Hard

Created by

Brenda Sánchez

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10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What language is considered the ancestor of the English language?

Sanskrit

Latin

Old Norse

Proto-Indoeuropean

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which group is NOT mentioned as a pioneer of the English language?

Anglo-Saxons

Frisians

Jutes

Celts

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the oldest literary evidence of Old English?

The Divine Comedy

Beowulf

The Canterbury Tales

Paradise Lost

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In which century did Old English start to evolve significantly?

15th century

11th century

8th century

5th century

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following countries does NOT have English as an official language?

India

Singapore

Philippines

Japan

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What term describes a language used as an intermediate language between speakers of different native languages?

Creole

Dialect

Pidgin

Lingua franca

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a pangram?

A language with no native speakers

A type of poem

A sentence that includes all letters of the alphabet

A word with no vowels

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